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Locality Name:
Carlton Co., Minnesota, USA


mindat Locality ID: 130903
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130903.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carlton Co., Minnesota, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Arrowhead Mine (Uranium Prospect No. 1)
Carlton County Clay Deposit
Carlton County Sand Bed Occurrence
Cuyuna North Range
Nemadji Tile And Pottery Pit No. 1
Nemadji Tile And Pottery Pit No. 2
Nemadji Tile And Pottery Pit No. 3
Unnamed Uranium Prospect B
Uranium Prospect No. 2
Uranium Prospect No. 3
Uranium Prospect No. 4
Uranium Prospect No. 5
Uranium Prospect No. 6
Uranium Prospect No. 7
Uranium Prospect No. 8
Uranium Prospect No. 9

Latitude: 46°30'26"N
Longitude: 92°45'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.507222222222,-92.75
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumFeldsparMarcasiteMicaNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelTalc

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)
Graphite  (*)Greenalite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Miargyrite  (*)Minnesotaite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)122296027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2122296027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22222960,2229759895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12229602740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS122297524243
Graphite  (*)NoneC3222960,222968,2229752812
Greenalite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)2-3Si2O5(OH)4061
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32222960,22296414640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4122296414899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS21222975300
Minnesotaite  (*)Clay TalcFe2+3Si4O10(OH)2061
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22222960,22296817380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2222968,2229752349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22222960,22296839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812229609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22222960,22296861156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12229606417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS122296021482


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